# UK Public Sector Tenders (`sterlingverify/uk-tenders`) Actor

UK tenders search: find new UK government and public sector tenders from Contracts Finder by keyword, value and SME suitability. Get title, buyer, contact email, value, CPV code and deadline for each matching opportunity: a daily lead feed for B2B suppliers, fintech and payments companies.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sterlingverify/uk-tenders.md
- **Developed by:** [Luke Mangan](https://apify.com/sterlingverify) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 tender returneds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## UK Public Sector Tenders

Find new UK government and public sector tenders from Contracts Finder by keyword, value and SME suitability. Get title, description, buyer, contact email, value, CPV code and deadline for each matching opportunity: a daily lead feed for B2B suppliers, fintech and payments companies.

### How it works

Uses the official Contracts Finder OCDS search API (no key), published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Keyword filtering is done by the Actor on title, description and CPV text. Note: since the Procurement Act 2023 (Feb 2025), many above-threshold tenders are published on Find a Tender instead; Contracts Finder still carries many below-threshold and local opportunities. API errors are reported as `ok: false` rows.

### Output

`title, buyerName, valueGbp, deadline, published, cpv, cpvDescription, smeSuitable, buyerContactEmail, matchedKeywords, url, ok`

### Pricing (pay-per-event)

- `tender`: **$0.002** per result ($2 / 1,000). Platform usage is included; you pay only for results.

### Example input

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "payment",
    "card",
    "cashless",
    "banking"
  ],
  "publishedWithinDays": 30,
  "smeSuitableOnly": true
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "title": "Card payment services for council car parks",
  "buyerName": "Leeds City Council",
  "valueGbp": 250000,
  "deadline": "2026-11-02T12:00:00Z",
  "published": "2026-10-12T10:00:00Z",
  "cpv": "66110000",
  "cpvDescription": "Banking services",
  "smeSuitable": true,
  "buyerContactEmail": "procurement@example.gov.uk",
  "matchedKeywords": [
    "payment"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/...",
  "ok": true
}
```

### Use in Clay, Zapier, Make, n8n or Pipedream

All five connect to Apify through their official Apify integrations, using your own Apify API token (Apify Console > **Settings > API & Integrations**). Runs bill to your Apify account at this Actor's pay-per-event price.

- **Clay:** save this Actor's input as an Apify task and copy it as JSON. In your Clay table, add the **Run Apify Actor** enrichment, choose it and paste the JSON into **Input Data**, mapping Clay columns into the fields. To pull a finished run into a new table, use the **Import data from Apify Actor** source.
- **Zapier:** use the Apify **Run Actor** action, or the **Finished Actor run** trigger followed by **Fetch dataset items**. Synchronous runs in Zapier stop after 30 seconds, so use the trigger for big batches.
- **Make:** add the Apify **Run an Actor** module with **Run synchronously** set to Yes, then **Get Dataset Items** with the run's dataset ID. For longer runs, use the **Watch Actor Runs** trigger.
- **n8n:** install the Apify node (`@apify/n8n-nodes-apify`, or search "Apify" on n8n Cloud) and use **Run an Actor and get dataset**.
- **Pipedream:** add the Apify app's **Run Actor** action, or **Run Task Synchronously** on one of this Actor's public example tasks (or your own saved task) to get the dataset items back in one step. For big batches, start from the **New Finished Actor Run** or **New Finished Task Run** trigger, then **Get Dataset Items**.
- **Any HTTP tool or script:** send one request and get the results back as JSON. Runs must finish within 5 minutes.

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/sterlingverify~uk-tenders/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @input.json
```

### Disclaimer

Always read the full notice and documents on the official site before bidding. Buyer contact emails are published for procurement queries only, so don't use them for unrelated marketing. Not affiliated with the Cabinet Office or Crown Commercial Service.

Part of the **SterlingVerify** UK payments & compliance toolkit. See also: UK Company Check, UK Sanctions Screener, Merchant Compliance Checker, Payments Stack Detector, PSP Status Monitor.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Whole-word matches in the title, description or CPV description (any keyword). Leave empty for all notices.

## `publishedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Look back this many days.

## `stage` (type: `string`):

tender = open opportunities.

## `minValueGbp` (type: `integer`):

Skip notices below this value (and those with no value).

## `smeSuitableOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only notices flagged suitable for SMEs.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many matches.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

100 notices per page.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "payment",
    "payments",
    "software",
    "digital"
  ],
  "publishedWithinDays": 7,
  "stage": "tender",
  "smeSuitableOnly": false,
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxPages": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All results in the default dataset

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "payment",
        "payments",
        "software",
        "digital"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("sterlingverify/uk-tenders").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "keywords": [
        "payment",
        "payments",
        "software",
        "digital",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("sterlingverify/uk-tenders").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "payment",
    "payments",
    "software",
    "digital"
  ]
}' |
apify call sterlingverify/uk-tenders --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,sterlingverify/uk-tenders"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/PtqDX6XzmsgfGhhha/builds/Go8RicaBPitorkyoy/openapi.json